Report: Forty Five Christian Churches and Institutions Destroyed Since ISIS Established Caliphate

Since taking over Mosul on June 10, ISIS has destroyed, occupied, converted to mosques, converted to ISIS headquarters or shuttered all 45 Christian institutions in Mosul

ISIS Jihadist thugs have taken an axe to the tomb of Jonah, destroying
it with a kind of gleeful and mad abandon. They ripped down the Cross
from St. Ephrem's Cathedral and replaced it with their dreaded black
flag.They are massacring people, severing heads, and engaging in the worst
human rights abuses - all to a surprisingly muted global outcry. Some
reports indicate that ISIS now has roving patrols in the city of Raqqa,
including women draped in head to floor burqas, who are ordered to
ensure strict compliance with their version of Islamic Dress codes.

Some reports indicate that ISIS now has roving patrols in the city of Raqqa, including women draped in head to floor burqas, who are ordered to ensure strict compliance with their version of Islamic Dress codes.

MOSUL, Iraq (Catholic Online)- The madman who claims to be a descendant of Mohammed, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi - who has taken to calling himself Caliph Ibrahim - issued an ultimatum. Christians in that part of the former territory of Iraq and Syria which he now claims as an Islamic Caliphate must convert to Islam, face the sword, flee the country or have all their property seized and pay the tax levied against dhimmis, or non-muslims.

Any who stayed would become indentured servants, living under the boot of a violent Islamist regime. Christians were told to gather in a central place where they would receive the directive from the self appointed Caliph. Understandably, given the track record of this maniacal tyrant, few did so. So, the text of the statement was issued as a formal declaration to all Christians:

"We offer them three choices: Islam; the dhimma contract - involving payment of Jizya; if they refuse this they will have nothing but the sword." It was broadcast from loudspeakers. It was placed on the internet. It has now been heard around the whole world.

Christian homes in the City were marked for seizure by the Islamist extremists who follow this self-proclaimed Caliph. Even though Christians have lived in this ancient territory since the first century of Christianity, they were forced to leave in an act of terror which is finally awakening a global outcry.

Christian tradition traces the planting of the Gospel to the missionary efforts of the Apostle Thomas with the assistance of Thaddeus or Jude. Christians have an undeniable claim to live freely on this land which preceded the very arrival of Islam.

The violations of fundamental human rights, international law and justice are evident everywhere. The Obama Administration does not seem to be all that concerned. Except for some poorly delivered statements, it is business as usual for an administration which is seeking to radically restructure the United States into something which resembles the worst social experiment in some time in western history.

ISIS Jihadist thugs have taken an axe to the tomb of Jonah, destroying it with a kind of gleeful and mad abandon. They ripped down the Cross from St. Ephrem's Cathedral and replaced it with their dreaded black flag.They are massacring people, severing heads, and engaging in the worst human rights abuses - all to a surprisingly muted global outcry.

Some reports indicate that ISIS now has roving patrols in the city of Raqqa, including women draped in head to floor burqas, who are ordered to ensure strict compliance with their version of Islamic Dress codes. Below is a report from the Assyrian International News Agency about the destruction of Christian churches and places of worship

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Since taking over Mosul on June 10, ISIS has destroyed, occupied, converted to mosques, converted to ISIS headquarters or shuttered all 45 Christian institutions in Mosul.The following is the complete list of the Christian institutions in Mosul, grouped by denomination.

1.Latin Church and Monastery of the Dominican Fathers and Convent of Katrina Siena Nuns - Sa'a Neighborhood 2.Convent of the Dominican Sisters, - Mosul AlJadeed Neighborhood 3.Convent of the Dominican Sisters (AlKilma Monastery) - Majmooaa AlThaqafiya District 4.House of Qasada AlRasouliya (Apostolic Aim) (Institute of St. John the Beloved)

Cemeteries:

1.Christian Cemetery in the Ekab Valley which contains a small chapel.

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Deacon Keith Fournier is Founder and Chairman of Common Good Foundation and Common Good Alliance. A married Roman Catholic Deacon of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, he and his wife Laurine have five grown children and six grandchildren, He serves as the Director of Adult Faith Formation at St. Stephen, Martyr Parish in Chesapeake, VA. He is also a human rights lawyer and public policy advocate.